Mini review - Eurosport Rear Strut Bar for MK3 Golf/GTI

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Mini review - Eurosport Rear Strut Bar for MK3 Golf/GTI

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So yesterday my friend put in a Eurosport RSB in his GTI. He paid $60 for it from a friend brand new. This thing makes a phenomenal difference in handling. We took it to our fun spot (large open truck docking area) and we both drove it. Before the RSB, if you would lift throttle mid-corner on a fast turn, it would have a nasty tendency to break loose and snap violently the other way, or just understeer. Now, unless you are taking a corner REALLY fast, like faster than you could ever possibly imagine on the street, the rear end sticks like glue.

Before this, there was a sort of invisible gray area with the rear end in corners. It would unpredictably lift the inside rear tire, oversteer, or understeer, depending on throttle application. With the RSB, it has a definite threshold of grip/breaking loose. It will always stay planted and not understeer below a certain speed, and violently oversteer past a certain speed (we actually spun out twice, completely, in a FWD car :lol: )

All in all, this is an extremely worthy handling mod. Best bang for the buck you can get-handling wise.




...as for FSE, unless you like a 3 something foot pole with large rings on each end inside of you, you won't like it.
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